YZ 80 is 95% Complete

YZ 80A Project Nears Completion

Made a lot of progress despite the extreme heat.

Roughly around fifteen more pieces to be reinstalled on the bike, the new sprockets look great but naked without the guards and chain. Was informed today that that hard to find guard is in and all I need is to grab it and the chain.

most pieces still to be installed are the larger parts like rear fender, exhaust, Fuel Tank, number plates, hand controls and such.

We opted out on repainting the fork legs and there is that elusive factory silver sticker with brake specs on the lower leg that can be seen in the photo on the right. Just can't seem to find that any place.

Just a shot from the rear, the radiator cleaned up fairly well and could look better if coils were painted although but the rest of it is fine. Pleased with the handle bars but won't be adding the sand back to it. In case your wondering about sand in your handle bars, the packed sand is an old trick to reduce vibration and to aid in reducing bending if you happen to crash the motorcycle. Don't use dirt as it will hold water where as fine sand dries out fast and packs tight.

The upper hole at the shock mount is for adjusting your suspension by relocating the shock into that hole. Wonder whose won more races on different type tracks knowing that little geometry change.